RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Royal Attendance (2011-Present)

 "Spice Isle", Grenada-Suzanne Gaywood Exhibit
Karen Roe, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a five-day garden show held in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The show is held on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.

The Royals attend each year on the preview day (Monday) before the show officially starts. Extended family is not usually listed. 

King Charles III's Reign

King Charles took over the Patronage of the Royal Horticultural Society in May 2024.

                                                                      

Royal	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
King Charles	X			-	-
Queen Camilla	X			-	-
Prince William				-	-
Princess Kate	X			-	-
Beatrice & Edo	X			-	-
Eugenie & Jack				-	-
Edward & Sophie			Just Edward	-	-
Anne & Tim				-	-
Duke & Duchess of Gloucester	X			-	-
Duke of Kent				-	-
Prince & Princess Michael of Kent	X			-	-
Princess Alexandra	X			-	-
-				-	-
-				-	-
Total	10	6	5	-	-

Notes: 

2024: King Charles’s 1st year attending as Patron.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Reign

(Charts show 2011-Present)

Queen Elizabeth II, as Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, attended almost every year.

Royal	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Queen Elizabeth	X			*		X
Philip	X				dead
Charles				*
Camilla				*
William			X
Kate	X		X
Andrew		X
Beatrice & Edo		Just Beatrice				X
Eugenie & Jack	X
Edward & Sophie	X	Just Sophie	X	*	X
Anne & Tim		X		Just Anne	X
Duke & Duchess of Gloucester	X			*	X
Duke of Kent	X					X
Prince & Princess Michael of Kent	X				X	Just Princess (Pr. M Canceled)
Princess Alexandra	X			*	X
Total	13	11	12	9	9	10

Notes: 

• 2019: The Cambridge children visited the Back to Nature Garden, co-designed by Duchess Kate, on the Sunday before the Show. 
• 2020: Canceled due to the Coronavirus. Those marked with * participated in the Virtual Flower Show. 
• 2021: Postponed to September, due to pandemic. Extended an extra day to make things less crowded. 
• 2022: Queen drove around in golf buggy for the first time at the show due to mobility issues. Prince Michael of Kent canceled due to unknown reason.

          

Royal	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Queen Elizabeth	X
Philip	X
Charles			X		X
Camilla	X		X		X
William						X
Kate						X
Harry			X		X
Andrew	X					X
Beatrice	X		X			X
Eugenie & Jack						X
Edward & Sophie	X				X
Anne & Tim		X			Just Anne	X
Duke & Duchess of Gloucester	X	Just Duchess	X
Duke of Kent	X
Prince & Princess Michael of Kent	X		Just Princess?		X
Princess Alexandra	X			X
Total	13	12	12	6	13	16

Notes: 

• 2013: 100th Anniversary of RHS Chelsea Flower Show
• 2016: Queen’s 90th Birthday

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